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Enjoyment and Attainment in Secondary School Physics
Author(s) -
Pell Anthony W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192850110205
Subject(s) - preference , mathematics education , secondary education , psychology , grade level , educational attainment , developmental psychology , pedagogy , mathematics , statistics , economics , economic growth
Enjoyment of physics lessons in the senior secondary school has been shown to be related to attainment in the GCE O‐ and A‐level physics examinations. Boys' attitudes are generally superior to those of the girls but, while the boys show the expected attitude deterioration over the sixth‐form course, the girls' attitudes remain stable and at the end of secondary schooling are no different to the boys'. Girls' enjoyment of physics in the fifth‐form is associated with a preference for learning‐by‐experiment, while in the sixth‐form the association is with a philosophical approach to course material. By means of covariate controls, enjoyment and attainment differences between the A‐level physics courses of five GCE Boards are explored.